Atlas IED ALX-8D Digitally Steerable, Multichannel 8-Speaker Column Array

In the most challenging acoustical environments, such as vast modern passenger terminals or traditional houses of worship, AtlasIED Aimline loudspeakers offer precise vertical directivity control. This ensures optimal coverage and an enhanced direct-to-reverberant ratio for superior intelligibility by targeting acoustic output directly to the audience, minimizing reflections from hard surfaces.

The AtlasIED ALX-D range includes digitally steerable, multichannel array loudspeaker systems for the commercial installation market. Designed for acoustically problematic spaces, the advanced steering algorithms, powerful DSP, and efficient amplification provide system designers with precise tools for controlling sound in large, highly reverberant areas.

Featuring IP connectivity and Dante as standard, ALX-D eliminates the need for external interfaces and network bridges typically required for digital beam steering. Each transducer has its own DSP and amplifier channel, enabling fine beam adjustments and acute steering capability. The acoustic center can be adjusted along the entire column length, and independent split beams can be deployed for optimal venue coverage and performance.

The seven ALX-D models consist of identical modules that create arrays up to 4.8m (16ft) long, eliminating the need to ship and receive lengthy columns.

The integrated software allows real-time control, telemetry, and beam steering optimization within a single package. Configuration and addressing are fully automatic, and the series integrates seamlessly with AtlasIED GCK advanced notification software, becoming part of the AtlasIED GLOBALCOM ecosystem.

For critical messaging, the Aimline Series meets global legislative and safety standards, ensuring clear and intelligible messages for instructional and emergency scenarios in public buildings and transportation hubs.

The narrow cabinet and discreet mounting hardware blend seamlessly into architecturally sensitive spaces, both indoors and outdoors.

Atlas IED ALX-8D Applications:

• Transportation hubs
• Traditional houses of worship
• Museums
• Retail spaces and concourses
• Government buildings
• Lecture theatres
• Conference facilities
• Hotel ballrooms
• Corporate HQ atria

Atlas IED ALX-8D Features:

• Integrated cutting-edge DSP, network control and amplification
• Architecturally friendly – Compact slender enclosure
• Superior intelligibility in complex acoustical environments
• Scalable & modular
• Very even SPL distribution over large areas
• Each driver has dedicated amplifier / DSP channels
• IP network (no cumbersome external interfaces)
• Dante, AES / EBU, Analog as standard
• Multibeam capability
• Real-time control with integrated steering and control software
• Instantaneous upload of steering coefficients
• Extremely low latency
• Adjustable acoustic center of beams
• Full diagnostics and reporting
• Interoperability with AtlasIED GCK - Advanced Notification Application
• Software
• 24 Presets
• Fewer installation / maintenance points than conventional distributed Systems
• External control via UDP commands
• Corrosion free aluminum construction
• IP64 (optional)

Atlas IED ALX-8D Specifications:

• Frequency Response: 100Hz - 18kHz, 94dB @ 30m
• Audio Inputs: 2 x Dante® / AES67 / 2 x analog line / 2 x AES / EBU
• Sensitivity: 15dBu RMS for rated output, analog
• Low Frequency Beam Control Limit: 800Hz
• Amplifier: 8 x PWM class-D 8 x DSP Channels
• Transducers: 8 x 4" Neodymium, full range. Coated NRSC fiberglass membrane
• Beam Steering: Multibeam Capability
• Typical Throw: 65ft / 20m
• Horizontal Dispersion: 120° (- 6dB @ 1kHz – 8kHz)
• Vertical Opening Angle: 5° - 40° (digitally variable)
• Vertical Steering: +40° to -40° (digitally variable)
• Weight: 21.12 lbs (9.6kg)
• Dimensions (HxWxD): 31.8" x 4.7" x 6.6" (812 x 119 x 167mm)
• Power Supply: 94 - 264V
• *For more specifications please refer to the Data Sheet listed under the Documentation tab